Adjustable bearing support



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ALBEHTFHA L/NWUHTH AZ'TUEAZEYE' 7 She'ets-Sheet 7 Filed Oct. 20, 1948 ALBERT 1 N V EN TOR fiFrAUA/WURTH TIUHVEYE Patented May 16, 1950 ADJUSTABLE BEARING SUPPORT- Albert Braunworth, Stamford, Conn assignor to Time, Incorporated; New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Applicationoctobcr 20, 1943, Serial No. 55,444,

8 Claims.

The present inventionrelates to an adjustable bcaring su-pport useful particularly in machines such as printingwpresses and the, like wherein the relative positionsi of adjacent cylinder. rolls is critical and requires. delicate adjustment.

The 1 invention consists l essentially in mounting onvthe frame'of a printing press or, the like a stud member,- asooketsupporting member and a socketmember adaptedlto be clamped orloclred intmfixed relation by the stud member, and a bearing housing preferablysupported for limited universal movementin the socket member" The socket. supporting memberv is movable laterally relative to, the, stud member and the socket member is movable, vertically. relativ he socket supporting member when the stud member is temporarily loosened. The socket supporting member. and the socket. member re. o a le laterally relative ,to the stud Jl'talilbfl by turning ajlateral adjusting. screw carried on the: socket supporting member and engaged with the. stud m mber. Thesocket. member. is. mov b rtically. relative to theusocket supporting member byturninga-vertical adjusting screw carried on the socket supportingmember and engagedwith an'element secured to. or. integral with jthe socket member. GearsysteIn-s are mounted in the socket supportingmember foractuating the lateral and vertical adjusting screws v One important advantage of the present invention is that itprovidescapparatus thatmakes it possible toadjust the spacingzbetwoen the: periighcries of, adjacent rolls-in a printing press or the. like to extremely close tolerances.

Anotherradvanta-ge of the invention is thatit provides a 7mechanism for adjusting; the exact positionof bearingsifrom outsidethe frameand without requiring; the adjusting personnel to clarnber over or to reach-inside, the frame and be subjected to possible injury.

Theseand; otheradvantages, as: wellas: the utility. of; theinvention,-, XVI-.1111 become apparent from; the detailed description that follows; with reference :tothe accompanyin figurcsofidra-wing wher n:

Figure 1 is a,view-inelevation.ofyacomplete assembly. including two side. frame members, an adjustable bearing support on-each of :said aframe members and :agroll mounted "for. rotation there between;

Figure 21is a planview oitheassembly shown lnFigure 1-;

Figure-3 isacrossesectional View taken along section-1ine. 3+=3 of Figure -2;

Figure 4 is a View in elevation taken along section line e-n of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a View in elevation taken along sec.- tion line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a detailed view, taken along section line 5- 5 of Figure 5, of a gear system for driving the lateral adjusting screw to effect a: lateral adjustment of the socket supporting member rele ative to the stud member;

Figure 7 is a view in elevation of, one end of an adjustable bearingsupport;

Figure 8 is a view in elevationvof the other end of an adjustable bearingsupport;

Figure 9 is a cross-sectional plan View taken along section line tit-qv of Figure 5;

Figure 10 is across-sectional plan viewjtaken along section line |0I0 of Figure 5;

Figure 11 is a view in elevation similar tonthat of Figure 5 but showing an alternative embodimentof the invention;

Figure 12 is a detailed sectional View showing analternative device for lockingthe lateral adjustmentmeans on they socket supportmember; and

Figure 13 is a schematic view illustrating the manner in which a roller supported in the assembly shown in Figurev 11 maybe adjusted relative to two adjacent rollers.

It is to be understood that althoughin the following description the invention isdescribed specifically as an adjustable bearing support for a. distributor roll in a printing press, it is equally applicable to any bearin support that requires limited vertical and lateral-adjustment.

Referring now to Figures 1 and f the drawing, it will beseen-thata roll 20' driven, if desired, through the medium of agear system indicated generally at 22, is supported for rotation-inbearing housings 60 mounted-for limited universal movement in sockets M, which in-turnare-supported bysocket supporting-members "10 mounted on side frame members 23 of a conventional printingpress frame.

Referring now more particularly toFigure 3 of the drawing, there is shown a stud member having an outer end 3! and an innerend 36. The outer end'is-slidable along its axis in the frame 23 and is provided Witha threaded portion tlbearing a thrusts-washer 33, a lockwasher and a lock nut 35. The inner end 36 of the stud member extends through recesses 72 and 42.. in the socket supporting member and the base 4! of the socket member 46-," respectively, and culminates in-an enlarged headelement 37 adapted to engage one side of the socket member 3 40. The stud member 3B is also provided with a threaded hole 38 transversely therethrough to accommodate a lateral adjusting screw 75 as will later be described.

As shown best in Figures 3 and 4, the socket member 40 includes a base portion 4| having a recess 42 and a cap 43 pivotally attached thereto by means of a pivot pin 44. The socket cap 43, when closed in the position shown in Figure 4, forms with the base 4| of socket member 4i! a semi-spherical bearing surface 45 to allow limited universal movement therein of a bearing housing 60 likewise having a semi-spherical bearing surface 6!, and a recess 62 at each end to accommodate ball bearings 63 having an outer race 54 in contact with the bearing housing 60, and an inner race 65 in contact with a sleeve 66 over the shaft 25 of the roll 20. The sleeve 66 is held in position on the shaft 2! by a retaining ring 8'! and a sleeve locator pin 68. The ball bearing assemblies, including the balls 63 and inner and outer races 64 and 65, which may, if desired, be provided with built-in oil seals, are held in place by a pair of bearing caps 69 fixed to the bearing housing 60 in any suitable manner as by means of cap screws or the like.

The heel portion 46 of the socket cap 43 may be shaped as at 4'! in such a manner that, when the cap 43 is lifted, it will remain open of its own weight so as to facilitate the removal or insertion of a bearing housing til. By cutting away (or fitting) at 41, the cap is preferably made to stop in a substantially horizontal position when open, regardless of whether the socket is mounted in an upright or inclined position on the machine. Thus the cap may be used as a roller rest when the roller 2!] is moved out of contact with the adjacent roller for the night. When the roller 2!! is covered with rubber and the adjacent roller is of steel, this avoids developing a flat on the rubber while the machine is not in use, without having to disturb the adjustment of the socket. The other end of the socket cap 43 may be provided with a suitable handle 48, as shown in Figure 5, and is bifurcated to accommodate an eye bolt 49 pivoted on a pin 50 and locked in position to secure the cap 43 upon the base M of the socket member 49 by means of a suitable nut or the like.

The base ll of the socket member 40 is preferably provided with a vertical key 52, as shown best in Figures 9 and 10, and with a socket adjusting block 53 secured thereto by means of a cap screw 54 or the like for engagement with a vertical adjusting screw 99, the operation of which will be described hereinafter. The recess 42 in the socket member 4!] permits relative motion between the inner end 36 of the stud member 38 and the socket member.

Referring now to Figures 5, 7 and 10, the socket supporting member 1B is provided with keyways 14 designed to engage keys 24 secured to the frame 23 by means of cap screws 25 and held in the proper position by dowel pins 26. The socket supporting member Til is provided with a recess E2 to permit relative movement between it and the inner end 36 of the stud member 30 and with a vertical keyway 13 to accommodate the key 52 of the socket member 48. A lateral adjusting screw 15, having a threaded portion 18 in engagement with the threaded hole 38 through the inner end 36 of the stud member 38, a collar 16 and a bevel or miter gear 17, is disposed horizontally on one end of the socket supporting member in a slot 19 designed to permit relative transverse movement between the lateral adjust- 4 ing screw 15 and the socket supporting member NJ. The miter gear 1'! of the lateral adjusting screw 15 meshes with a miter gear 80 mounted on a vertical shaft 8|, the upper end of which is provided with a similar miter gear 82 meshing with a fourth miter gear 83, as shown best in Figure 6. The fourth miter gear 83 is disposed on a stub shaft 84 in the socket supporting member '55 and is provided with a hexagonal recess 85 or the like designed to receive What is commonly referred to as an Allen Wrench.

The shaft 8! for the double miter gears 80 and 82 is supported for rotation relative to the socket supporting member 10 in a socket adjusting fork 86 having a stub shaft 81 driven into the body of the socket supporting member 2'0 and a socket adjusting fork cap 88 retained on the socket adjusting fork 88 by any suitable means such as bolts or pins 89.

Referring now to Figure 8, the other end of the socket supporting member 10 carries a vertical socket adjusting screw 90 in engagement with the socket adjusting block 53 secured to the socket member 40. This vertical adjusting screw 98, which consists of a threaded portion 9|, a collar 92, a shaft 93, and a miter gear 94, is supported in a second socket adjusting fork 86 and cap 88 in a manner similar to that described with reference to the support for shaft 8| of miter gears 80 and 82. The miter gear 94 of the vertical adjusting screw 90 meshes with a second miter gear 95 having a stub shaft 96 that is, like the stub shaft 84 of miter gear 83, provided with a recess 9! adapted to be engaged by any suitable tool such as an Allen wrench 21 shown in phantom in Figures 1 and. 2.

As illustrated in Figure 11, the keys 24a attached to the frame 23, and the keyways 14a in the socket supportin member 10a may, if desired, be curved without otherwise altering the construction of the various parts. It is also quite obvious that a wing nut 5|a may be substituted for the hexagonal nut 5i shown in Figures 4 and 5, to fasten the socket cap 43 to the base 4| of the socket member 40.

It is also to be understood that it is within the scope of the present invention to provide a locking set screw 28 for the lateral socket adjusting screw 15 substantially as shown in Figure 12 of the drawing.

In operation, the position of the shaft 2! may be changed by releasing the tension on the stud member 30, moving the socket supporting member 10 and the socket member 4!] laterally relative to the stud member 30, and then moving the socket member 40 vertically relative to the socket supporting member 10 until the shaft 2| is placed. in the desired position. The tension on the stud member 38 is relieved by loosening the lock nut 35 by means of any suitable wrench. This relieves the pressure of the enlarged head 3'! against the socket member 40, of the socket member against the socket supporting member 10, and of the socket supporting member against the side of the frame 23. This relief of pressure brings about a slight relative movement of the various members in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the stud member 30. The lateral adjusting screw 15, which is in engagement with the stud member 30, is seated in the slot 19 of the socket supporting member 10 for limited motion relative thereto. It thus follows that when the stud member 30 has been loosened, the socket supporting member 10 and the socket member 40 can be adjusted in a lateral direction by ena ena s50 gaging the recess B5-=inthe stub 'shaft fl l of 'the miter gear 83 with an Allen wrench zlp or the like and turning it so as-to turnthe lateral' adjusting screw '15.

Verticalmovement of the socket "member -66 relative to the socket'supporting member I!) -'is efiected by engaging the recess-91in the stub shaft-96 of the miter gear -95'with an Allen-wrench 21, or the like, tobring'the'gear "95 into engagement-with the miter gear--94-of the vertical adjus'ting screw 90. -'There-is sufiicient play between the vertical adjusting screw llfl and the socket adjustingblock53 to permit a slightincrease in distance, due-to'the decrease-inpressurep'between the socket'supportingmember l0 and the'socket member 40 occasioned by the temporary release of the'stud memberSEl. The'turning of the vertical adjusting-screwed effects'the raising or lowering of the socket member 4!] by virtue of "its engagement with the socketyad'just- "ing block 53 affixed to the base 4| 'of'the socket member ll].

If; it is desiredtto' insert, remove or replace a 5 bearing housing 60 in the socket member 40, the

' nut5l; or 51a of the eye bolt 49 is loosenedand the socket capes is lifted by grasping handle 48 until it 'rests in thedesired open position by 'yirtue of'the abutment of heel portion 41 against the base 4! of the socket member ll semblycomprising the shaft. 2|- of .the roll 20; the sleeve 66, the ball bearings 53', 54, 65 and the The as- 1 bearing housing 60,. as well. as bearing caps '59,

is then placed into the socket member All and the socket cap 43 is closed thereover and locked i into. position by tightening nut 5| or Ela on the'" eye bolt 49.

The .modificationshown in Figure 11 has the advantagapeculiar to it,..oi permitting adjustvment of thehrollerlml relativeto two. adjacent Referring itoflithe schematic. illustration then be adjusted relative to roller B by the ,op--

eration of lateral adjusting screw 15, whereby the adjustment between rollers 2i and A will remain unchanged when thekeyways "14a have a radius of curvature equaltoradius R.

It is to be understood that numerous 'modifica- :tions and alterations of the structure specifically disclosed will immediately suggest themselves to those skilled in the art upon reading the foregoing description. All such modifications and alterations are intended to come within the scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A mechanism comprising a frame, a stud member releasably secured to the frame against lateral and vertical displacement, a socket sup porting member keyed to the frame and movable laterally relative to the stud member, a lateral adjusting screw mounted for rotation on the socket supporting member and in threaded engagement with the stud member for moving the socket supporting member relative to the stud member, a socket member keyed to and movable vertically relative to the socket supporting member, a vertical adjusting screw mounted for rotation on the socket supporting member and in threaded engagement with an element of the socket member for moving the socket member relative to the socket supporting member, means on the stud member for releasably clamping the socket memberv'to the-socket supporting member and the socket supporting mem'ber tothe frame to lock -sa'id members illfixed relation relative to'the stud memben gear means on the socket supporting =member engageable withthe lateral adjusting screw to-rotate it to' move the socketsupporting member laterally-relative to the stud member,

means for supporting saidlateral-adjusting screw 'ior limited transverse movement relative to the socket supporting'memberto allow longitudinal movement of the stud member relative to the --'socket supporting member, second gear means on :the socket supporting-member engageable with the vertical adjusting-screw to rotate it for verti- "cal mo'veme'nt' of the socket memberrelative to "the socket supportingmember, and a bearing housing mounted for limited universal movement within said socket member.

2. An adjustable bearing support adapted'to be fixed-to a frame'member comprising a stud member, a socket supporting member movable laterally relative to the stud member, a lateral adjusting screw mounted for rotation on the socketsupporting member and in threaded engagement-With'the stud'member for moving the socket -supportingmemberrelative to the stud I member, a socket member mounted on and mov- A ablevertically relative to the socket supporting inember, a vertical adjusting screw mounted for rotation on the socket supporting member and in threaded engagement'with the socket member for moving -thesocket member relative to the socket supporting membergm'eans onthe stud member for 'releasabl clamping the socket member to i the socket supporting'member and the socket supporting'memberto the frameto lock said memhers fixed relation relative'to'the stud member,

gear means on the socket supporting member eneage'ab'lc with the lateral-adjusting screw to rotate it to 'move' the socket supporting-member 'rlaterally relativeto the stud member, means for supporting'isaid lateral adjusting screw for limited transverse movemcnt' relative to the socket sup porting 'inem ber to anew longitudinal movement .aof the'stud member relative to the socket sup- -porting-member, secondgear means on the socket 'supp'o1ting member engageabie l the vertical I adjusting screwl'to' rotateit for-vertical movement the socket sup- 3. An adjustable bearing support comprising a stud member, a socket supporting member movable laterally relative to the stud member, a lateral adjusting screw mounted for rotation on the socket supporting member and in threaded engagement with the stud member for moving the socket supporting member relative to the stud member, a socket member mounted on and movable vertically relative to the socket supporting member, a vertical adjusting screw mounted for rotation on the socket supporting member and in threaded engagement with the socket member for moving the socket member relative to the socket supporting member, means on the stud member for releasably clamping the socket member, the socket supporting member and the stud member together to lock said members in fixed relation, gear means on the socket supporting member engageablewith the lateral adjusting screw to rotate it to move the socket supporting member laterally relative to the stud member, means for supporting said lateral adjusting screw for limited transverse movement relative to the socket supporting member to allow longitudinal movement of the stud member relative to the socket supporting member, second gear means on the socket supporting member engageable with the vertical adjusting screw to rotate it for vertical movement of the socket member relative to the socket supporting member, and a bearing member mounted within said socket member.

4. An adjustable bearing support adapted to be fixed to a frame member comprising a stud member, a socket supporting member movable laterally relative to the stud member, a lateral adjusting screw on the socket supporting member and in engagement with the stud member for moving the socket supporting member relative to the stud member, a socket member for supporting a bearing, said socket member being mounted on and movable vertically relative to the socket supporting member, a vertical adjusting screw on the socket supporting member and in engagement with the socket member for moving the socket member relative to the socket supporting member, means on the stud member for releasably clamp ing the socket member to the socket supporting member and the socket supporting member to the frame to lock said members in fixed relation relative to the stud member, means on the socket supporting member engageable with the lateral adjusting screw to rotate it to move the socket supporting member laterally relative to the stud member, means for supporting said lateral adjusting screw for limited transverse movement relative to the socket supporting member to allow longitudinal movement of the stud member relative to the socket supporting member, and means on the socket supporting member engageable with the vertical adjusting screw to rotate it for vertical movement of the socket member relative to the socket supporting member.

5. An adjustable bearing support adapted to be fixed to a frame member comprising a stud member, a socket supporting member movable laterally relative to said stud member, means for moving the socket supporting member laterally relative to the stud member, a socket member for supporting a bearing, said socket member being mounted on and movable at an angle to but in the same plane as the direction of relative movement of the socket supporting member, means for moving the socket member relative to the socket supporting member, and means for releasably clamping the socket member to the socket supporting member and the socket supporting member to the frame to lock said members in fixed relation relative to the stud member.

6. An adjustable bearing support adapted to be secured to a stud member fixed to a frame comprising a socket supporting member movable laterally relative to said stud member, means for moving the socket supportin member relative to the stud member, a. socket member for supporting a bearing, said socket member being mounted on and movable relative to the socket supporting member, means for moving the socket member at an angle to but in the same plane as the direction of relative movement of the socket supporting member, and means for releasably clamping the socket member to the socket supporting member and the socket supporting member to the frame to lock said members in fixed relation relative to the frame.

'7. An adjustable bearing support adapted to be secured to a stud member fixed to a frame comprising a socket supporting member movable relative to the stud member, means on the socket supporting member for moving the socket supporting member relative to the stud member, a socket member for supporting a bearing, said socket member being mounted on the socket supporting member, and means on the stud member for releasably clamping the socket supporting member to the frame to lock said member in fixed relation relative to the stud member.

3. An adjustable bearing support adapted to be secured to a stud member fixed to a frame comprising a socket supporting member mounted on the stud member, a socket member for supporting a bearing, said socket member being mounted on and movable relative to the socket supporting member, means for moving the socket member relative to the socket supporting member, and means on the stud member for releasably clamping the socket member to the socket supporting member to lock said members in fixed relation relative to the stud member.

ALBERT BRAUNWORTH.

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